Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1887-07-28
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Paw your Corporation taxes and save
good per. cent.
| Mrs. CALVIN Fisher of Logs Station is Sc
riously i'll.
Mr.. B. f. Hammaker, of Liberty, this
county has received an order from Nebras-
ka for several monuments.
The annual excursion and picnic OF the
farmers of Frederick county will be held at
Pen Mar on the 29th of July. =
Remember the Harvest Home Picnic of
the laughs Church Sunday School ON Sat
urtlay, 30th inst. 1t is always we'll worth
attending.
| We arc now at the opening of the plc-nlc
and excursion season. Remember that you
can get the best looking posters at The
CLARION OFFICE to be tonnd III the county.
When the little green grape gets IN It's
work, the family parliament will discuss the
question, (which has the graater number OF
pancs, the window or the small boy
The Mcssrs. Black will taFc possession OF
their new furniture warcrooms on the cor
ncr of Main and Carroll streets next week.
Mr.. Harry Valentine is employed as drug
clerk by DR.. M +. Leatherman he takes
the place of Mr.. Lee Goldsborough.
PEpsoNAL.-Bro Alex. NJ. Rich of the
Restcrstown Register visited us on Wcdnes-
day and Thursday last. He was "undcr the
weather." but none the less good fellow
Come again, Alex. when you are more your
self
The Chmcr Family gave two entertain
ments here last week They came at bad
time as the Far cngrosscd the attention OF
all and they played to very light houses.
The heavy rains of the past ten days have
raised the waters in our wells and mill
streams both are unusually flush for this
season of the year.
DIR, Jas. X. Waters of Iewistown has rent
ed the stone dwelling on Main St, owned by
Mr.. John Rouzcr and will locate here per
mancntly. We are not informed when he
purposes coming.
The Ncchanicstown Water Company
iron has begun to arrive if it continues to
come regularly and rapidly, it will be but
uucst,on of a week or two until the main
will he laid to town.
Bro. Mottcr Of Tbs Chronicle is authority
in matters rhetorical, grammatical aud III
LATIN and poetic quotation, but wien ne
ventures ON science he frequently gets wide
OF the mark.
In his prose poem on the summer thunder
storm, which we re-puhlsh this week, he
makes statements decidedly at variance
with accepted facts in me'colo"glc science
The weather clerk determined to explode
another ancient foggyism and gave MS a dry
st. Swithin's Day and then opened the flood
gates Immediately.
Irlr. St. Swilhin; gone where Ground
Hog Day, Indian Summer and other E"ou
little antique ideas go.
RErNrIIENs1HLE.-Ch Children ranging in
wears from 10 to il years should be at home
or Sunday evening at 10 o'clock. Misses OF
such tender. years and aoolcsccnt budd''s
should promenade with pr and ma only. 1t
is equally ccnsurablc with falling ell OF
swings and ont of hay lofts and trees while
PLAYING on the Sabbath.
L,rT's JuBlLAYE.-W can now form an
idea of the probable date of the completion
of our Water Works and AZ there Will no
more time intervene than will be required to
arrange for proper observance OF the event,
we suggest that steps he taken at once to
celebrate the day Of the fruilon of our hopes
and plans. As an advertisement of our town
1t 'riN T'ty,
The METHODIST ASSEMBLY at Pcn-Nlnr
last week was sadly broken III upon by the
untAyulablc weather, 50 much so, that ia"
Attendance did not amount t. fraction OF
that expected, The exercises W"r" held III
the Pavilion on Wednesday and on the open
stand on Thursday. They were cntcrtan-
inr and profitable and the music was fine
Mr.. Geo -. keyser has his engine III po-
sition he has also received the principal
pieces of his machinery and carload of lum-
Der and it will be but short while until our
new industry, the Burial Case works will be
under way We are told that from the be-
ginning from Il to u hands will be employ.
ed and there is reason to hope that this mum.
Der may be doubled within year. If this
be So it will bring to us an industry OF winch
we may be proud and that will aid our
Growth as nothing else is now doing.
FIREMEN's pAEADE.-On Thursday after
noon last twenty six members of the Nigi-
liant Hose Company of Emmtsburg visited
our town in uniform, gave Us Il parade and
attended our Frrmrn' S Fair in the evening
They came in response to an invitation
sent them by the Guardian Hose Company
of tins place and were their guests.
At six O'Clock they formed at the Miller